Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers

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Total Workforce

53k

Average Age

50.4

Average Salary

$28,714

Average Male Salary

$34,707

Average Female Salary

$26,304

About

Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers are most often employed by the Clothing stores industry. The average yearly wage for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers was $28,714 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers by wage are Skincare specialists, Helpersproduction workers, and Dancers & choreographers.

Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers are part of the Production Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers, Engine & other machine assemblers, Structural metal fabricators & fitters, Other assemblers and fabricators, and 55 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers are Forest Acres City & Dentsville PUMA, SC and LA City (Southeast/East Vernon) PUMA, CA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers are LA City (Southeast/East Vernon) PUMA, CA and Forest Acres City & Dentsville PUMA, SC.

Production Occupations Production Occupations Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Clothing stores is the industry that employs the most Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers, by average wage, is Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores . Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers are paid most in LA City (East Central/Central City & Boyle Heights) PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in LA City (Southeast/East Vernon) PUMA, CA.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$28,714

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,959

In 2018, Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers earned an average of $28,714, $25,174 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Helpersproduction workers make somewhat more than Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers while Skincare specialists make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.335

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.335, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers, by number of employees, are Clothing stores, Personal & household goods repair & maintenance, and Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers, by average wage, are Not specified retail trade, Department stores & discount stores, Cut & sew apparel manufacturing, Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores , Department stores, and Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing.

Industries by Share

53k

2018 Workforce

± 5,652

0.588%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 15%

The number of people employed as Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers has been growing at a rate of 0.588%, from 52,703 people in 2017 to 53,013 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers employed by various industries. Clothing stores employs the largest share of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers at 21.1%, followed by Personal & household goods repair & maintenance with 18.2% and Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing with 11.1%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers in the US. The average age of male Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers in the workforce is 48.1 and of female Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers is 51.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

15.2k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 3,027

37.8k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 4,773

71.3% of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers are Female, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Asian (Non-Hispanic)

45% of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 20.5% of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers.

Age by Gender

48.1

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 3.24

51.4

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.8

The median age of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers is 50.4, and Male employees are generally 3.27 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers is Business but a relatively high number of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers hold a major in Visual & Performing Arts.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Time Management, and Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers need more than the average amount of Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, and Technology Design.